This is an analysis of the poem Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Interlude Iv. that begins with:

When the long murmur of applause
That greeted the Musician's lay... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccadeddeffaaX gegegeegaaccghbX bibiibh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110001 11000101 11010101 10110101 11010111 111001001 11111111 00110101 1010001001 11110111 11011011 10011101 01110111 11010101 01010001 01010111 01010101 100100111 10010111 110011111 10110101 01110101 111010101 11010101 11110101 01011101 11010111 11111101 110010111 01010101 11100101 101101010 11110101 10011111 01010111 11000101 110010101 10110111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 452
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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